HONOURREGTL. NO. OR REWARDAND RANK. NAME. UNIT. GRANTED2/11/15 Lieut. A. W. Northover 28th Battalion MilitaryCross.73741 29/10/15 Pte. H. B. Compton 28th Battalion D.C.M.69805 29/10/15 Sgt. W. C. Ryer 26th Battalion D.C.M.
1ST DIVISIONKilled in Died of Died of PrisonersAction. Wounds. Diseases, etc. Wounded. of War. Missing. Total.OtherOfficers. Ranks. O. O.R. O. O.R. O. O.R. O. O.R. O. O.R. O. O.R.H.Q. 1st Divn. -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- 4 -- -- -- -- -- 5H.Q. 1st In. Be. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --1st Battn. 14 184 3 42 -- 3 17 636 1 2 1 74 36 9412nd " 5 102 1 38 -- 9 13 350 3 122 3 141 25 7623rd " 7 109 3 38 1 3 24 427 6 245 -- 74 41 8964th " 8 107 2 44 -- 5 24 632 -- -- 1 42 33 730H.Q. 2nd In. Be. -- -- -- -- -- -- 3 -- -- -- -- -- 3 --5th Battn. 7 112 5 53 -- 1 20 611 -- 26 1 25 33 8287th " 8 112 2 51 -- 5 24 642 7 209 1 114 42 1,0338th " 5 127 -- 41 -- 1 23 438 5 149 1 45 34 80110th " 14 121 4 57 -- 2 24 638 2 26 1 118 45 962H.Q. 3rd In. Be. -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 7 -- -- -- 1 2 813th Battn. 4 119 -- 45 -- 7 22 492 2 141 2 65 30 86914th " 4 84 -- 39 -- 3 16 402 -- 53 2 33 22 61415th " 3 77 2 80 -- 15 11 353 10 223 3 144 29 89216th " 7 117 9 51 -- 3 16 402 -- 53 2 33 27 6591st Div. Cavalry -- -- -- 4 -- 2 -- 8 -- -- -- -- -- 141st Div. Cyclist -- 5 -- 3 -- 4 1 -- -- -- -- -- 1 12H.Q. Mtd. Bde. -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- 1 --L.S.H. (R.C.) 1 23 -- 12 -- 1 7 161 -- -- -- 2 8 199Roy. Can. Drag. -- 10 -- 6 -- 2 4 107 -- -- -- -- 4 125H.Q. Div. Art'y. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- 11st. Bde. C.F.A. 1 9 -- 9 -- 3 10 79 -- -- -- -- 11 1002nd " " 3 22 -- 9 -- 4 5 100 -- -- -- -- 8 1353rd " " -- 9 -- 11 -- 2 9 114 -- -- -- -- 9 136lst. Div. Ammn. Col. -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- 13 -- -- -- -- -- 141st Hvy. Battery -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6 -- -- -- -- -- 6R.C.H.A. -- -- -- -- -- 1 2 4 -- -- -- -- 2 5A.M.G. Bde. -- 1 -- -- -- 1 -- 5 -- -- -- -- -- 71st Div. Engrs. 3 23 -- 14 -- 4 3 115 -- -- -- 3 6 1591st " Sig. Co. -- 2 -- 1 -- 3 -- 14 -- -- -- 1 -- 21C.A.S.C. -- -- 1 2 -- 4 -- 27 -- -- -- 2 1 35C.A.M.C. -- -- -- 12 3 4 4 37 -- 2 -- 1 7 56C.A.V.C. -- -- -- -- -- 2 -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- 3C.O.C. -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1C. Postal C. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --C.A.P.C. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --P.P.C.L.I. 7 203 3 52 -- 7 22 551 1 15 2 58 35 886N/Sisters -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Totals 99 1,678 28 714 4 104 307 7,177 37 1,266 20 976 495 11,9152ND DIVISION.Killed in Died of Died of PrisonersAction. Wounds. Diseases, etc. Wounded. of War. Missing. Total.OtherOfficers. Ranks. O. O.R. O. O.R. O. O.R. O. O.R. O. O.R. O. O.R.H.Q. 2nd Divn. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- 1H.Q. 4 Inf. Bde. -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 118th Battn. 2 11 -- 1 -- 5 -- 44 -- -- -- -- 2 6119th " -- 10 -- 6 -- 4 -- 53 -- -- -- -- -- 7320th " -- 8 -- 3 -- 3 -- 33 -- -- -- -- -- 4721st " 1 7 -- 4 -- 2 -- 44 -- -- -- -- 1 57H.Q. 5 Inf. Bde. -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- 1 --22nd Battn. 1 12 -- 3 -- 4 1 74 -- 1 -- -- 2 9424th " -- 13 -- 9 -- 2 4 65 -- -- -- -- 4 8925th " -- 18 -- 7 -- 1 3 99 -- -- -- 6 3 13126th " -- 28 1 8 -- 4 6 90 -- -- -- 1 7 131H.Q. 6 Inf. Bde. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --27th Battn. -- 15 -- 9 -- 1 1 57 -- -- -- -- 1 8228th " -- 26 -- 10 -- 5 2 54 -- -- -- 9 2 10429th " -- 8 -- 4 -- 2 6 27 -- -- -- 1 6 4231st " 1 14 -- 1 -- 4 -- 46 -- -- -- -- 1 652nd Div. Cavalry -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 12nd " Cyclists -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --H.Q. 1st Bde. C.M.R. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --1st Regt. C.M.R. 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 -- -- -- -- 1 22nd " " -- 1 -- 2 -- -- -- 8 -- -- -- -- -- 113rd " " -- -- 1 -- -- -- 1 6 -- -- -- -- 2 6H.Q. 2nd Bde. C.M.R. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --4th Regt. C.M.R. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 -- -- -- -- -- 55th " " -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 -- -- -- -- -- 46th " " -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 -- -- -- -- -- 4H.Q. 2nd Div. Art. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --4th Bde. C.F.A. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 -- -- -- -- -- 25th " " -- -- -- -- -- 13 -- 6 -- -- -- 1 -- 206th How. " -- -- -- -- -- 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 22nd Div. Amm. Col. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- 12nd Hvy. Battery -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Eaton's M. G. Battery -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Bordon's " " -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- 2 -- -- -- -- -- 32nd Div. Engrs. 1 2 -- 2 -- 1 3 24 -- -- -- -- 4 292nd " Sig. Co. -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1C.A.S.C. -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1C.A.M.C. -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- 1 --42nd Battn. 1 2 -- 2 -- -- -- 7 -- -- -- -- 1 1149th Battn. -- 2 -- 1 -- 2 3 16 -- -- -- -- 3 21R.C.R. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --N/Sisters -- -- -- -- 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 --Totals 8 177 2 72 2 60 32 774 -- 1 -- 18 44 1,102GRAND TOTALS CASUALTIES.1st Division 99 1,678 28 714 4 104 307 7,177 37 1,266 20 976 495 11,9152nd Division 8 177 2 72 2 60 32 774 -- 1 -- 18 44 1,102GRAND TOTALS 107 1,855 30 786 6 164 339 7,951 37 1,267 20 994 639 13,017
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EVEN NAPIER HAS WRITTEN NOTHING BETTER.
"I have no hesitation in saying that Sir Max Aitken is to be ranked with Sir William Napier in the power of describing a battle. The book should be in the hands of every reader in the Empire, for the inspiring quality of it, its nobility, its bravery. It is in his description of the part played by the Canadians in the Battle of Ypres that Sir Max Aitken touches his highest, and that is so high that hardly anyone has surpassed it. Even Napier has written nothing better than Sir Max Aitken's account of the second battle of Ypres—a battle which we won, surely, by the direct grace of God."—Sir W. Robertson Nicoll in theBritish Weekly.
A LIVING BARRIER.
"Excellently done.... With the aid of excellent sketch maps every phase can here be followed of the fight in which the Canadians, first alone, and then foremost among the reinforcements, improvised and maintained a living barrier against the flood of the German army which had poured through the great breach on the British flank, and thus averted, in Sir John French's significant words, a 'disaster which might have been attended with the most serious consequences.'"—The Times.
A BOOK WHICH WILL LIVE.
"The story of how the Canadians fought at Neuve Chapelle, Ypres, at Givenchy, at Festubert, as he tells it here, is as absorbing as ever, and our pride in the lavish bravery and sacrifice of the daughter nation is, if that were possible, strengthened by reading these pages.... It will be one of the books on the war which will live."—Daily Telegraph.
A GREAT BOOK.
"A great book by a big man—Sir Max Aitken deserves not merely compliments and unstinted praise, but thanks as well."—Reynolds's Newspaper.
CLEAR BATTLE PICTURES.
"The splendid work of the Canadians on the Western front makes a fine story in the pages of 'Canada in Flanders,' by Sir Max Aitken, M.P. He writes an easy style, and when describing a complicated battlefield can bring clear pictures of its events before the reader. The most important chapter is headed 'Ypres.' It gives the best and most lucid account we have yet seen of the battles which followed the German gas attack last April."—Manchester Guardian.
AN EMPIRE ANNAL.
"A book to thrill and inspire ... to read the story told by Sir Max Aitken is to read one of the finest stories in the annals of the Empire."—Sunday Times.
STORIES THAT THRILL.
"One of the clearest expositions and most effective pieces of writing we remember to have read.... His stories will thrill his readers not only in Canada ... but wherever the English language is read."—Standard.
HEROIC DEEDS.
"The heroic deeds of the Canadians at Ypres make one tingle with pride to be a kinsman to such soldiers. Farmers and fruit farmers, editors and ranchers all showed themselves to be of the finest fighting stuff in the world."—Evening Standard.
TWO NEW BRUNSWICKERS.
"Not only has Canada sent us splendid troops, but New Brunswick (there is a fine irony in the name) has strengthened our arm in sending us Mr. Bonar Law.... Another New Brunswicker, also a Scots minister's son, who has made good is Sir Max Aitken. His book of the Canadians in Flanders is now one of the liveliest (and truest) stories on the bookstalls."—Graphic.
CANADA'S AGINCOURT.
"What Agincourt is to the English reader of Shakespeare Ypres will be to unborn Canadians.... We can wish for no better telling of the heart-grips in a great battle."—Observer.
WITHIN SOUND OF THE GUNS.
"The Official Historian of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, whoever he may be ... cannot hope to match the vivid narrative, written, as one may say, within sound of the guns, in which Sir Max Aitken relates the deeds of the gallant men with whom he served in Flanders."—Daily Chronicle.
CANADA'S ACHIEVEMENT.
"Sir Max Aitken is a worthy chronicler of great deeds, and his introductory chapters alone add materially to our knowledge of the greatness of Canada's achievement. Most space is naturally given to the share of the Canadians in the battles of Neuve Chapelle and Ypres, which are vividly described from the military and human standpoint."—Daily Graphic.
DEATHLESS EXPLOITS AT YPRES.
"The deathless exploit of the Canadians in stemming the German onrush at Ypres and frustrating the expected gains of the gas trick will often be retold, but never, we think, to the displacement of the version here given, with its tense reality and unforced power. The author has succeeded in combining a clear impression of the engagement and its objective as a whole with a sufficiency of detail to let us understand something of the character of such warfare from the individual's point of view.... Canada has been fortunate in her Record Officer."—Pall Mall Gazette.
FASCINATING IMPRESSIONS.
"What a fascinating book this is. It has some thrilling stories of the heroism of the gallant Canadian soldiers. Sir Max Aitken can write. It was he, you remember, who was responsible for the only official story of the heroic fighting at Ypres that really gave an adequate impression of the battle, and everyone was wondering for days after the publication of that account who the brilliant author could be. Well, his new book is better than that account and tells more not only of what the men did, but which men and which regiments took part in the now historic struggles round ruined Ypres."—"The Rambler" in theDaily Mirror.
A VERITABLE EPIC.
"This is one of the many good books of the war which rank with those of 'Ian Hay,' 'Sapper,' and Mr. John Buchan. Such books are not likely to be affected by the 'slump' in war books of which we hear. They are indispensable.... A veritable epic of Canada's share in the war."—Clement Shorter inThe Sphere.
A JOYOUS SHILLINGSWORTH.
"The Secretary of State for the Colonies is correct in his description of Sir Max Aitken's work as 'a model of lucid, picturesque, and sympathetic narrative.' ... A joyous shillingsworth—the best we have seen for a long time."—Morning Post.
BRAVERY AND SACRIFICE.
"It is a thrilling record of the manner in which Canada has played her part in the great fight on the Western front, and hitherto unpublished stories of extraordinary feats of bravery and sacrifice for others are told. As a record of what the Canadians have accomplished for the Motherland it is one of the best books the war has produced, and it is written in such an interesting form that it can and should be read by all of the English-speaking race."—Star.
A FLAME OF PATRIOTISM.
"Of the making of books on the war there is no end. But few have achieved, or will achieve, the popularity that is certainly destined for 'Canada in Flanders.' ... To English readers, of whom there will be many, the chapters which deal with the raising of the corps in Canada will, perhaps for the first time, bring realization of the flame of patriotism which spread like a prairie fire through the Dominion at the outbreak of the war."—Lloyd's Weekly.
AN ARMY OF AMATEURS.
"Sir Max points out, over and over again, that the Canadian Army is almost entirely an army of amateurs. Princess Patricia's Light Infantry was recruited from old soldiers, but the rest of the Canadian army was made up of men without military experience. This fact is of immense significance, particularly as it is equally true of the greater part of the British forces."—Daily Express.
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